This is what should be on the front page of every newspaper. It’s not that we don’t have the facts: we do. What’s missing is the story. Thank you to , , Ruth Ben-Ghiat, for their leadership. It’s a coup.
I want to properly introduce myself, and although I find the social element of sharing my writing online to be a bit frightening: hello anyway!
I’m a newly minted history PhD, and I write about women with political power during the early modern period. My goal on Substack is to present the fascinating stories I’ve found through dissertation research as more accessible narratives for a wider audience.
I will be posting my second story in the next couple of days. In the meantime, if you’d like to …
A bit of a weird one today… The Irish word for giant squid is máthair shúigh mhór which literally means… big mother of suck.
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What is giant squid in your language?
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Pronunciation - maw-her whoo-ee vore Hear this word pronounced here abair.ie/en
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Please be merciful in the comments.